W W W W & H

The who. Well I guess that would be me. Not knowing much about blogging I don't know if its prudent to use my real name or not, and so I won't, I will however have to use some sort of name so I will choose...Edward.

The what. The 1987 Honda NS400R. My pride and joy, my prize. Bought with the help of my parents in 1992 while I was in the Marine Corps. I bought it from a great guy named Dan, haven't seen or heard from him since then, he left the Corps to become an orthodontist or something like that.

The why. So I've been riding motorbikes of some sort since I was 5 or 6 years old and the NS was my first true street bike. And after I got out of the Corps I was fortunate enough to add several other motorcycles to the stable. Most notably was my dream bike, a 1999 Ducati 748. Oh I loved that bike. Later came the Aprillia RS50, a Kawi 500 and a 2003 Honda CBR600RR. And as all of those bikes had some reason to go on, the NS was never in the running to leave. But...I did neglect it as I spent more time riding the more technologically advanced rides. And so now, it is in a mild state of disrepair and having not seen the road or even really started in more than 14 years, well that's why we are here.

The where. The NS has been titled in 3 different states since arriving from Japan; North Carolina, Texas and Florida. It never got registered or rode for the eight years I was in Georgia and now we are in Alabama and I am determined to have it road worthy before the end of this summer.

The How. Money and elbow grease. It shouldn't take as much money as it will elbow grease and I am looking forward to the restoration. The Internet never existed to the extent it does now and now there are plenty of resources out there available to make the restoration simple and possibly of interest to others. And so I thought i would write about it here.